"I'd be shocked if it wasn't one of the closer votes in Big Ten history," Indiana coach Tom Crean said of the vote, which includes strong contenders in JaJuan Johnson of Purdue, Jared Sullinger of Ohio State and Jordan Taylor of Wisconsin.

In AnnArbor.com's unofficial survey of 12 voting media members, it wasn't so close. Johnson was the runaway choice.

JaJuan Johnson

The Big Ten will announce its award winners at 7 p.m. tonight on the Big Ten Network. Coaches and media will select a Big Ten Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Coach of the Year.

The network will also reveal the coaches’ selections for Defensive Player and Sixth Man of the Year. Interviews from select award winners will also be included during the 30-minute program.

Johnson secured nine of 12 votes in the second annual AnnArbor.com media panel. At least one member of the panel regularly covers each team in the Big Ten. The group was also polled on the All-Big Ten team, All-Rookie team and other awards.

Unanimous votes are denoted with an asterisk. Otherwise, the total votes earned are in parentheses.

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Purdue 95

Mon, Mar 7, 2011 : 10:03 p.m.

Pretty poor form having a category for most overrated player. If you want to go have a vote on the most overpaid NBA player, fine. Pros are fair game, IMO. But soliciting votes from the Big Ten media for the most overrated 18-22 year old kid in the conference? Who built up the hype around those kids in the first place? The same people now voting for them as the most overrated.
Poor taste in asking that question. Equally disappointing is that all 12 polled media members responded to it.